Breaking: Chrysler and Nissan Part Ways On Platform Sharing
Chrysler and Nissan have officially canceled plans to work together on a number of platform sharing opportunities. Previous plans would have seen Chrysler supply Nissan with the next generation Titan pickup truck, in exchange for Nissan supplying Chrysler with a small car for international markets, as well as a rebadged Nissan Versa for South America.
With Chrysler now owned by Fiat, the U.S. automaker now has access to a long list of small car platforms at its disposal. Nissan, however, isn’t so lucky. Nissan will continue to built the Titan pickup truck at its Canton, Miss., plant through 2011, but beyond that point the Japanese automaker has no plans.
“We’re exploring our options,” said Fred Standish, Nissan North America spokesman.
Nissan is now left with two choices, to either find another automaker who will supply a platform or to develop its own on an tight schedule. There is also the possibility that the Titan pickup could be scrapped entirely.
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haha I am also glad the Titan will be American designed and built by Nissan USA or not at all.
I have an '04 Titan that I absolutely love. I was disgusted to think that the new truck was going to be a Ram. Every quality review tells me that this was not a good thing. If I wanted a Ram, I would have bought a Ram. Thanks God that plan fell thru. I agree that if Nissan wants to stay in the big truck game, they should go at it full tilt and with no reservations!